nigger is the title of the biography of dick gregory that is a use of the word that is not offensive to be honest i think nword should be banned just saywrite nigger if you had writted the word nigger has no real purpose you would have contradicted yourself and realized you could use the word nigger and not be offensive lets pretend for a moment that we went ahead and banned the word nigger what do you suggest the punishment be for violating the ban do you really think statesanctioned violence should be used against someone because they used a word